Cuff-pin and other analogous article of jewelry.



PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

- J. 's. BRANT. CUFF PIN AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLE OF JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-13. 190'].

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JOHN s. BRANT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO CORY & REYNOLDS COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION 01 RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF-PIN AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLE OF JEWELRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 13. 1907. Serial No. 392.656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BRANT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Pins and other Analogous Articles of Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more especially to improvements in hinged joints of cuff-pins and other analogous pins having swinging pin-tongues, and it consists essentially of a main or front member of wire having one end bent to form a suitable catch, the other end portion being bent to an' eye form and terminating in a short lateral lug, a wire pintongue member having an end thereof also bent to an eye form and terminating in a short lateral lug adapted when in use to yieldingly contact with said lug of the other member, and a joint or pivot-pin passing transversely through the eyes of and supporting the said front and tongue members, all as more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The object of the invention forming the less pin-joint.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents, in enlarged scale, a side elevation of a cuff-pin embodying my improvement. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views, still further enlarged, taken on lines 2 2, 3 3 and 4 4 respectively of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a partial top view of the pin-tongue member itself, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of the main or front member.

The following is a more detailed description of the invention: I prefer to make my improved pin A of suitable wire stock. The frame or main member I) of the device has one end, C, thereof provided with a 'catch; as drawn (see Fig. 4) thewire itself is bent to form a convolution b terminating in the laterally deflected and reduced end I), and arranged to constitute a flaring throat or opening 5 between the adjacent coils for re ceiving and holding the free or piercing end of the swinging tongue member a.

The opposite end of the cuff pin is provided with the improved pin-joint B. This is produced by bending the corresponding portion of the said member I) to equal or ex ceed a true semi-circle or eye 6 its free end terminating in the laterally bent lug or dog 5 and constituting a yieldable stop or abutment.

The companion or tongue member a of the cufi-pin has its rear portion bent to form the ends of the eyelet being expanded for obvious purposes the construction and arrangement permitting free angular movement of the pin-tongue. I

The pin A embodying my invention possesses advantages over other articles of this general class: It is light yet strong and durable and not liable to become accidentally unclasped orinoperative and can be produced at a comparatively small cost, as no solder is used j it can be readily opened to the maximum extent, or more than 180 if desired, and the frictional contact of the lugs a with each other insures a greater degree of safety by reason of the resiliency of the parts.

I claim as my invention and desire to se cure by United States Letters Patent,

1. In a hinged cuif-pin or other analogous article of jewelry, the combination of front and tongue members having the joint end portion of each of said members substantially alike and being disposed flatwise laterally against each other in different planes, a joint-pin engaging and supporting said end portions, and having the latter provided with integral lugs constructed and arranged so that'when the pin is clasped the lugs yieldingly engage each other and impart a degree of resiliency to the pin, substantially as described.

. 2. In a solderless hinged pin made of wire, the combination of the front and tongue members having the joint end portions thereof bent to an eye-form and terminating in short lateral extensions or lugs arranged to yieldingly contact with each other, and a joint-pin passing transversely through said eyes'for maintaining the parts in the normal relation.

3. In ahinged cuff-pin made of Wire, front to form stops or lugs adapted to yieldingly 10 and tongue members each having the joint engage each other When the pin is clasped.

end thereof bentto an eye-form and super- Signed at Providence, R. 1., this 12th day posed upon each other in parallel planes, a of September 1907.

central eyelet or tubular rivet passing transversely through said eyes for supporting the pin members, and having the inner or free ends of the latter bent and oppositely disposed at points contiguous to the joint so as JOHN S. BRANT.

WVitnesses:

GEO. H. REMINGTON, CHARLES C. REMINGTON. 

